The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-21
CONDENSED NEWS.
WashIneton News Items.

The Lieutenant General started west TO
investigate tine pending trouble with Ihe
Indians. Meanwhile the situation at the
Crow agency grows more ominCus ana
bloodshed is apprehended.
Consul General Cardwell, OF Cairo,
Egypt, in a report to the department OF
state, calls special attention to the un'
successful labors OF American missionaries
in the valley Of the Nile. Nearly 5000
native pupils are in attendance at the
schools that have been established,
Washington Special: 1t is privately an
nounced, but upon good official authority,
that the department Of justice has called
for the resignation Of Judge w II. Francis.
Solicitor General jerks, acting attorney
general, informed the Washington CORE.
spondent of the Pioneer Press that he had
beard nothing OF the above matter.
First Lieut.. T. NJ. Woodruff, Fifth in
fantry. who has been stationed in Wash
ington for some time on signal service du-
ty, and who has just returned from a tour
Of inspection of signal service stations,
left for st. Paul, where he will establish a
weather bureau for the Northwestern
states.
Upon the reassembling OF the United
States supreme court Chief Justice Waite
announced that the court had decided to
grant the writs OF habeas corpus in the
cases o! Attorney General Ayres and two
commonwealth ATTORNEYS Of Virginia, who
are now in prison in Richmond for disre-
garding the orders OF Judge Bond in the
coupon crusher litigation.
The treasury department has under IA
vorable consideras zion a proposition to eI-
tend to depository banks in Boston, Phil
adelphia and other large cities the prIyl'
Iege recently granted such banks in New
York OF holding public funds to the amount
OF 10 per cent. OF their bond deposits and
to increase the maximum amount so held
to 81. loo, OOO.
P~ostofices established: Minnesota:
Chehalis, LIE Sueur county; Rocky, Nor
man county. Postmasters commissioned
Oak eta: Buffalo Center, W. j. Hughs;
Robey, j.. s.. Roupe. Montana: Marion,
A. M. Thompson. Wisconsin: New Hope,
Theresa Berg. Fourth class p~ostmasters
appointed. Dakota: Ingersoll, A. j. O.
Fyerlie; Portland, o. H. Cley; Turtle Lake,
c. c. w. West. Iowa: Shannon City, F.
w. Loomis: Tioga, w. Gilchrist. MinnesO-
ia: Lake Elmo, N. R. McNiece.
The following pensions nave been grant
ed: Wisconsin: j. Boehalein, Brother
town; W. J.. Downing, Ontario; W. Flynn,
Oak Grove; c. Adam, Burkhard; J. Fin
nell, Ontario; J.. T, Babcock, Norway
kloge; j. N. Pease, Wautoma; o. Olson,
Perry; j. ]. Pauly, Brothsrtown; G. Reed,
Sparta; F. Jocks, Menomonee. Minneso-
ia: Mother Of H. PulCifer, St. Paul. Orig.
iual: P. Dohely, Henderson; F. G. Davis,
.Crookston; J. Mueller, Minneapolis; W. P.
Gates, Kingston. Dakota: W. L. Miner,
Eden.
Secretary Lamar has addressed a letter
to the attorney general urging him to be-
gin criminal prosecution against Thomas
L. Greenough Of Missoula, Mont. for cut
ting 400 cedar and pine trees from unsur-
yeyed lands alppg the line OF the Northern
Pacific railroad in Kootenai county, IdG-
no.. He manufactured the trees into piling
which he sold to the Northern Pacific com
pany, and 1000 railroad ties, which were
aiterward seized by the government.
Greenough claims he was appointed an
agent to cut the ties by the Spokane & Pa.
louse railroad.